Add string after another string with special characters
Hello everyone,
I'm writing a script to add a string to an XML file, right after a specified string that only occurs once in the file. For testing purposes I created a file 'testfile' that looks like this:
And this is the script as far as I've managed:
In this case, what I want it to to is to find '4' (will be a string in an XML file later) and to insert the value of $XMLSTRING on the line underneath. This all works fine when $XMLSTRING has a value without any strange characters, but in this case I get an error:
In case the formatting mangles this, the syntax error points to the first ':' in the inserted string.
My question is; in what way can I handle this so that it does print the string correctly? What I'm looking for in this case, is this:
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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BACK:bkpstg:testdb3.iad.expertcity.com:backtest|\
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TEST:authstg:testdb3.iad.expertcity.com:authiapd|\
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HOW YOU
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Please suggest me the solution.
Regards,
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escape(1) Mail Avenger 0.8.3 escape(1)NAME
escape - escape shell special characters in a string
SYNOPSIS
escape string
DESCRIPTION
escape prepends a "" character to all shell special characters in string, making it safe to compose a shell command with the result.
EXAMPLES
The following is a contrived example showing how one can unintentionally end up executing the contents of a string:
$ var='; echo gotcha!'
$ eval echo hi $var
hi
gotcha!
$
Using escape, one can avoid executing the contents of $var:
$ eval echo hi `escape "$var"`
hi ; echo gotcha!
$
A less contrived example is passing arguments to Mail Avenger bodytest commands containing possibly unsafe environment variables. For
example, you might write a hypothetical reject_bcc script to reject mail not explicitly addressed to the recipient:
#!/bin/sh
formail -x to -x cc -x resent-to -x resent-cc
| fgrep "$1" > /dev/null
&& exit 0
echo "<$1>.. address does not accept blind carbon copies"
exit 100
To invoke this script, passing it the recipient address as an argument, you would need to put the following in your Mail Avenger rcpt
script:
bodytest reject_bcc `escape "$RECIPIENT"`
SEE ALSO avenger(1),
The Mail Avenger home page: <http://www.mailavenger.org/>.
BUGS
escape is designed for the Bourne shell, which is what Mail Avenger scripts use. escape might or might not work with other shells.
AUTHOR
David Mazieres
Mail Avenger 0.8.3 2012-04-05 escape(1)